Body Dysmorphia and Me.

Yesterday, I wore a bikini in public for the first time in years. I have always hated my body and developed Body Dysmorphic Disorder (also known as Body Dysmorphia) when I was a child. Decades of verbal, physical and mental bullying made me feel empty and less-than and cut through what little self-confidence I had. This started a cycle of self-loathing and questioning my worth as a girl and, later, a woman.

TW: Extreme violence, Rape// The Rohingya people need our help.

The 25th August 2020 marks 3 years since the Rohingya genocide that forced hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya people to flee to neighbouring countries, like Bangladesh, from their home in Myanmar. Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh is home to the largest refugee settlement in the world, with over 915,000 Rohingya refugees. This article will tell the story of two of them, Shafika and Rajuma.

People with Chronic Illness are tired… but we are really tired of hearing any of these!

Living with chronic illness is exhausting, painful and upsetting. But what makes it even harder is how society, friends, family and colleagues respond to our daily battle. To this end, I have written up a helpful guide of what to say and what not to say. If you want to be truly supportive, challenge your own ableist assumptions and be generally un obstructive to those with chronic illness, please read on.

Ableism and Me.

Since becoming disabled I’ve wanted to speak out for my community.

To show the world that we are not who you perceive us to be.

We are writers, we are lawyers, we are doctors, we are our own supporters

We are not what society has taught us.